19-040-VEH: OOSC, Parte II, Artículo 3. Dispositivos de acoplamiento, g. Sistemas de enganche (excluidas las quintas ruedas y los ganchos de pasador)

Fecha de registro	13 de noviembre de 2019
Número de asunto	19-040-VEH
Nombre	Brad Gibson
Agencia	Texas Department of Public Safety
Dirección	6200 Guadalupe StreetBuilding PAustin, Texas, 78752United StatesVer en el mapa (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Teléfono	(512) 424-2051
Correo electrónico	[email protected]
Comité	Comité de Vehículos
Estado	Cerrado
Resumen del asunto	Uso de extensiones de enganche que contravenga las recomendaciones del fabricante.
Justificación o necesidad	El vehículo comercial que aparece en la foto adjunta (no fue detenido para inspección; la foto se envió sin información adicional) utiliza varias extensiones de enganche, contraviniendo las recomendaciones del fabricante, para remolcar un remolque de cuello de cisne. Según el fabricante de las extensiones, solo se puede utilizar el receptor inferior. El uso de la extensión superior reduce la capacidad de carga del enganche en un 50 %. Debido al uso de las extensiones que se muestran en la foto adjunta, la capacidad de remolque del sistema de enganche del camión se ha reducido en un 75 %. No existe ninguna normativa vigente al respecto, ni la normativa OOSC (3.g.) actual aborda este problema.
Solicitud de acción	Solicitar a CVSA que elabore directrices y/o artículos OOSC sobre el uso de extensiones de enganche que entren en conflicto con las recomendaciones del fabricante.
Medidas adoptadas por el comité	Back in 2013 an Ad Hoc committee did research and determined that an inspector needs to know tongue weight, towing weight and rating of the hitch. The committee should think about whether or not something should be placed in the OOSC for GVWR, as historically the vehicle committee has steered away from doing that. Question was raised on whether this an isolated incident or is it a problem. It was brought up that if we apply the GVWR to bumper hitches then it would apply to all vehicles using those hitches. A comment was made that it is compounding in this instance, and that in this case with multiple use of attachments we could use wording to stop the use of compounding multiple components. Comment that using an extensions would be compounding, and that is a common occurrence. Comment that this is a 5th wheel and it is missing all of the components for it and would be OOS for that anyways. Comment that it could be either 5th wheel or gooseneck and looking at it this looks like a gooseneck hitch. Comment that it is a ball and coupler joint and would not be in the 5th wheel portion. Luke Loy commented that it’s a one off and by addressing it, things will get complicated quickly. It was discussed that it should be addressed with state or provincial laws and to stay away from putting it into CVSA OOSC. The overall consensus of the committee was that it should be addressed locally and to not make any changes to the OOSC. No action was taken and item was closed.
Documentos de respaldo	Hitch-Extender.jpg (se abre en una pestaña nueva) Hitch-Adapters-Extenders.png (se abre en una pestaña nueva)

Fecha de registro

13 de noviembre de 2019

Número de asunto

19-040-VEH

Nombre

Brad Gibson

Agencia

Texas Department of Public Safety

Dirección

6200 Guadalupe StreetBuilding PAustin, Texas, 78752United StatesVer en el mapa

Teléfono

(512) 424-2051

Correo electrónico

[email protected]

Comité

Comité de Vehículos

Estado

Cerrado

Resumen del asunto

Uso de extensiones de enganche que contravenga las recomendaciones del fabricante.

Justificación o necesidad

El vehículo comercial que aparece en la foto adjunta (no fue detenido para inspección; la foto se envió sin información adicional) utiliza varias extensiones de enganche, contraviniendo las recomendaciones del fabricante, para remolcar un remolque de cuello de cisne. Según el fabricante de las extensiones, solo se puede utilizar el receptor inferior. El uso de la extensión superior reduce la capacidad de carga del enganche en un 50 %. Debido al uso de las extensiones que se muestran en la foto adjunta, la capacidad de remolque del sistema de enganche del camión se ha reducido en un 75 %. No existe ninguna normativa vigente al respecto, ni la normativa OOSC (3.g.) actual aborda este problema.

Solicitud de acción

Solicitar a CVSA que elabore directrices y/o artículos OOSC sobre el uso de extensiones de enganche que entren en conflicto con las recomendaciones del fabricante.

Medidas adoptadas por el comité

Back in 2013 an Ad Hoc committee did research and determined that an inspector needs to know tongue weight, towing weight and rating of the hitch. The committee should think about whether or not something should be placed in the OOSC for GVWR, as historically the vehicle committee has steered away from doing that. Question was raised on whether this an isolated incident or is it a problem.

It was brought up that if we apply the GVWR to bumper hitches then it would apply to all vehicles using those hitches. A comment was made that it is compounding in this instance, and that in this case with multiple use of attachments we could use wording to stop the use of compounding multiple components. Comment that using an extensions would be compounding, and that is a common occurrence. Comment that this is a 5th wheel and it is missing all of the components for it and would be OOS for that anyways. Comment that it could be either 5th wheel or gooseneck and looking at it this looks like a gooseneck hitch. Comment that it is a ball and coupler joint and would not be in the 5th wheel portion. Luke Loy commented that it’s a one off and by addressing it, things will get complicated quickly. It was discussed that it should be addressed with state or provincial laws and to stay away from putting it into CVSA OOSC. The overall consensus of the committee was that it should be addressed locally and to not make any changes to the OOSC. No action was taken and item was closed.

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